he US has ordered three amphibious warships with 2,500 Marines aboard back to the eastern Mediterranean to remain on standby off Israel's shore in case they are needed to evacuate American citizens. The USS Iwo Jima, the USS New York and the USS Gunston Hall, were sailing west of Gibraltar on their way to back to Norfolk, Virginia, when they were turned around.

debkafile: The United States have never before evacuated American citizens from Israel. The US notice does not say whether a possible evacuation would include the US forces posted in American bases in Israel. A mass evacuation would entail a Marine shore landing in order to lead the evacuees to the amphibious craft.

The Iwo Jima is a helicopter carrier, while the New York, one of the newest vessels of its kind in the US Navy, is a primary class of amphibious transport dock.

Although a decision to evacuate nationals was defined in the CNN report as a "remote contingency," our sources stress that it is extreme enough to be taken only when a war situation is envisaged capable of endangering Americans.

USS Gunston Hall (LSD-44) is a Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship of the United States Navy. She was the second Navy ship to be named for Gunston Hall, the Mason Neck, Virginia estate of George Mason, one of Virginia’s outstanding Revolutionary figures, and “Father of the Bill of Rights”.

So why was the first ship named that? Of course since the the 1960s or so, there doesn’t seem to be any rhyme or reason to how the navy names its ships. In the old days battleships for states, crusiers for cities, destroyers for seamen killed in action. Now nothing to include naming a ship for a communist union agitator. and evem living folks.

It’s where the nation’s elites get to play - and since it’s ‘charity’ it’s a tax write off.... Wouldn’t you just love to be a ‘member’ and get this Christmas deal for only $17. Everyday people can hardly take the kids to Mickie D’s for that ....

Ride in a horse-drawn carriage, sip warm cider by the fire, and sample period recipes prepared in the hearth kitchen. Costumed characters engaged in seasonal activities, including homeowner George Mason, greet you in the house and throughout the grounds. A real old-fashioned holiday experience before the last-minute shopping frenzy begins.
Mail reservation request and check to the leader.

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posted on 11/19/2012 7:12:49 PM PST
by GOPJ
(The economy is so bad MSNBC had to lay off 300 Obama spokesmen - Leno)

NOVEMBER 2011 : (OBAMA GETS “CAUGHT” ON OPEN MIKE ) Well, Ill say one thing for him: Obama certainly has been transformative when it comes putting the personal into personal diplomacy. According to reports coming from last weeks G20 meeting, Obama was caught by reporters on an open microphone commiserating with French president Nicholas Sarkozy over their disdain for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.Although there are differing accounts of the conversation, Reuters has reported that the translation overheard by reporters had Sarkozy calling Netanyahu a liar: “I cannot bear Netanyahu, he’s a liar,” Sarkozy told Obama, unaware that the microphones in their meeting room had been switched on, enabling reporters... Obama Bombs Wrong Target on Open Mic Night, Townhall.com ^ | November 9, 2011 | John Ransom Wednesday, November 09, 2011 12:19:29 PM · by Kaslin

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